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GlaxoSmithKline, the pharmaceutical criminal meningitis vaccines sold in Chile
For Truth Now | 11/15/2012 - 13:05 | Rating: 0
During his tour of Europe, President Sebastian Pinera announced that the government will accelerate the process of vaccination against meningitis. As reported by the portal Terra, the president and contacted pharmaceutical companies to send two more vaccines to the country.
According to government estimates, the Chilean government will invest about $ 62 million to fund the purchase of vaccines, an extraordinary figure who desenmarca national budget.
One of the pharmaceutical mentioned by the head of state is GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), put in the crosshairs of the law into a series of crimes worldwide.
In January 2012, Argentine Judge Marcelo Aguinski GSK decided to fine $ 92,500 for the death of 14 babies during illegal vaccine trials conducted in the neighboring country, according to documents issued by the National Administration of Medicine, Food and Technology (ANMAT) .
The objections raised by the Argentine include falsifying parental authorizations and illegal human experimentation. A total of 15,000 children from poor and illiterate, had participated in studies conducted by GSK illegal between 2007 and 2008.
"Laboratories can not experiment in Europe or the United States, so they come to do it to Third World countries," said pediatrician Ana Marchese of the Federation of Health Professionals of Argentina (FESPROSA) the Buenos Aires Herald.
In July this year, the second multinational pharmaceutical world was embroiled in a new scandal. After pleading guilty, GSK was forced to pay a fine of 3 billion dollars for promoting consumption uncertified antidepressant Paxil (paroxetine) in children under 18, including fraud.
The Department. ruled against the lab for fraudulent labeling and illegal use of public funds for the payment of kickbacks to physicians. The opinion also determined responsibilities for price manipulation and Wellbutrin drug Avandia, according to CBS News.
Are they aware of this background Chilean authorities? Who ensures the integrity of a pharmaceutical as fraudulent as GSK vaccine this new acquisition? These are questions that are in the air.